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Obama's Iraq Speech: Frustrating, Unfocused
Fred Kaplan, Slate President Barack Obama's speech from the Oval Office Tuesday night was a strange muddle - a televised prime-time address that lacked a bottom line, a consistent theme, a clear road to the future.
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Lisa Murkowski concedes to Joe Miller
Late Tuesday night, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) conceded the GOP U.S. Senate primary to Tea Party favorite, Joe Miller. Over 15,000 absentee ballots were counted in Alaska and the margin, while narrow, still favors Joe Miller. Lisa Murkowski ...
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Wednesday's intriguing people
Michael Douglas The Oscar-winning actor and producer surprised viewers last night when he told "Late Show" host David Letterman that he has Stage 4 throat cancer. Looking thinner after finishing his first week of radiation and chemotherapy, Michael ...
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Afternoon Fix: Palin to Iowa in September; Pawlenty orders state to decline federal health care cash
Make sure to sign up to get "Afternoon Fix" in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m.! EARLIER ON THE FIX Democratic groups outspending Republicans so far this cycle Sarah Palin goes to Iowa (and why it might matter less than you think) Daily Fix ...
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The Early Word: Operation New Dawn
President Obama will meet with Mideast leaders at the White House, and East Coast residents prepare for a hurricane.
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Vote Counting in Alaska Gives Murkowski a Small Boost
Alaska's Division of Elections is furiously counting 24,000 outstanding ballots in order to determine the winner of its Republican Senate primary. After the initial count last week, Tea Party candidate Joe Miller led current Sen. Lisa Murkowski by ...
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Alaska senator drops out of race
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski accepts defeat in her re-election bid, and the Republican nomination goes to a newcomer backed by the Tea Party.
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Cal Thomas: Obama can't turn the page on Iraq
In his Oval Office address Tuesday night announcing the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama said, ``It's time to turn the page'' and start focusing on rebuilding the American economy. That would be fine with me if we could be certain ...
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Obama's Realism, Blair's Fantasy
Adrian Hamilton, The Independent Compare and contrast President Obama speaking at the end of US combat operations in Iraq on Tuesday and Tony Blair talking of his continued belief in the rightness of the operation on television last night. Tony ...
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Obama speech, August 31: pays tribute to troops, refocuses on economy
The president repeated pledges about drawing down troops next year in both Iraq and Afghanistan. But much of the Obama speech, August 31, had a theme of refocusing American energies on the home front.
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U.S. Changes Military Commanders in Iraq Amid Debate Over Afghan Withdrawal
Vice President Biden presided over a change-of-command ceremony in Iraq Wednesday marking the final phase of U.S. military involvement -- the hand-off comes amid fresh criticism of President Obama's pledge to replicate such a transition in Afghanistan ...
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Republican Sen. Murkowksi of Alaska concedes to Miller in primary
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) concedes her primary race Tuesday night, becoming the third senator to lose re-nomination this year and the second to lose a primary. Republican - Alaska - United States - joemiller - lisamurkowski
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The Power Of The Tea Party
by Chris Bodenner Weigel writes a post-mortem on Murkowski: She voted for the Troubled Asset Relief Program in 2008. In October 2009 she said she was "open" to compromise on cap-and-trade legislation if it expanded drilling and nuclear power. She... ...
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Murkowski Concedes Senate Primary Race
It's all over now: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) conceded Tuesday night in her primary race to Fairbanks lawyer and Tea Party favorite Joe Miller. Murkowski, the sitting senator and part of an Alaskan political power family, was trailing Miller by 1,469...
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Morning Brief: Israeli and Palestinian leaders set to resume peace talks
Israeli and Palestinian leaders set to resume peace talksTop story: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will resume direct negotiations this morning at the State Department. At a group ...
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Robert Weller: Obama OutFoxes Right Wing on Iraq
When embedded reporters dutifully reported the last "combat" troops had left Iraq it looked as if President Obama was going to fall into the same trap as President Bush.On May 1, 2003, wearing a jump suit, President Bush declared "mission ...
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Was the tea party responsible for Joe Millers win in Alaska? (The Upshot)
The Upshot - Following Sen. Lisa Murkowski's concession last night, the headlines read "Tea Party Win in Alaska." But was the tea party message really decisive in the Alaska GOP Senate upset? Joe Miller naturally went out of his way to mention the ...
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Wednesday: Mideast Peace Talks Begin, Hurricane Earl Downgraded
Hours after a primetime address marking the end of combat operations in Iraq, President Obama pivots Wednesday to another complex and vexing Mideast issue: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. President Obama will host talks in Washington with Israeli ...
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Anne Penketh: President careful not to trumpet mission achieved
After seven years of blood and treasure poured into Iraq, President Barack Obama has sought to "turn the page" on the war that defined the presidency of his predecessor, George W. Bush.Obama spoke briefly to Bush by telephone...
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Obamas Perfectly Clear Iraq Policy
By Justin Logan As someone who has his own snarky tendencies, I am really starting to have a hard time discerning when Matt Yglesias is being serious and when he is being sarcastic these days. For example, he writes of President Obamas Iraq speech .
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Beware: Combat Will Continue in Iraq
There is a real risk that President Obamas claim in his Oval Office address that the American combat mission has ended in Iraq may come to rank with President Bushs ill-judged boast of mission accomplished back in May 2003.
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Grains prices rise, livestock futures trade mixed
CHICAGO - Grains futures mostly rose Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Alaska's Murkowski Is Finished
With prospects of a third-party challenge dimming, Lisa Murkowski conceded the razor-close GOP Senate primary race. Rival Joe Miller talks to Shushannah Walshe.The Daily Beast has confirmed exclusively that Sen. Lisa Murkowski will concede the...
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Obama Faces Leadership Test in November Elections
Both major political parties have a lot riding on the outcome of the November midterm congressional elections
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Next four weeks are decisive in Mideast peace talks: source
A Palestinian source, accompanying Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Washington to launch the direct peace talks with Israel, said on Wednesday that the coming four weeks are decisive. Israeli Radio quoted the Palestinian source, who spoke on ...
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Bill Kristol hearts Obama's speech Vanity Fair: Palin more secretive President to hold separate Oval talks w/Israelis, Palestinians -- The New Establishment: Playbook named to 'The Vanity Fair 100
Bill Kristol hearts Obama's speech.
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Obamas broadcast on Iraq
The president said nothing wrong or stupid in his broadcast last night, but like many people I am wondering why anybody in the White House thought it was good idea to do it. The last thing Obama was going to say was, mission accomplished. His message
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How Joe Miller caught Lisa Murkowski by surprise
If there had been any doubt that this is a year when no incumbent can afford to be caught off-guard, it has been put to rest by the ambush of Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska's Republican primary. Joe Miller - Lisa Murkowski - Sarah Palin - ...
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Guy Benson: Will Lisa Murkowski Endorse Joe Miller?
That's the question of the hour in Alaska, where Rasmussen's latest poll pegs Tea Party favorite and freshly-minted GOP nominee Joe Miller ahead of his Democratic opponent by a relatively meager 6 points. Politico...
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GOP's Joe Miller Faces Competitive Senate Race in Alaska
Filed under: Senate , Polls , Poll Watch , 2010 Elections Rasmussen Reports has changed the rating on this race since Miller's upset victory from "safe" Republican to "leans" Republican. Permalink | Email this | LinkingBlogs | Comments
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